Hmm, at the risk of self promoting, I would be happy to have a chat with you. I like helping students out and do it professionally as well. You can read more and if you would like to chat, please check out the contact page.
My website is www.scholarstrategy.com
Hi,
I built launchvalue - http://launchvalue.com/ that offers clean interface with google analytics and twitter integration.
I also offer customized solution that you can self host for more control on a consulting basis. Let me know if you might be interested.
Even before building the product, I would suggest you validate that the idea is good in the first place. You can do that without creating any product at all and without depending on anyone else. It takes nothing more than creating a signup page and setting up adwords & analytics account. Look into this HN post - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3167676 and many other blog posts out there. Once you have validated that the idea is good, you might have an easier time convincing people to work with you.
If you click on the price plans, it takes you to the email signup form. I am recording who signed up by clicking on free or who by paid. Perhaps the call to action is not very clear on the price page. Thanks for bringing that up.
Mentioning competitors in pitch was tricky - I did it because the obvious questions are what is different from those.
I definitely have long way to go with this, so thanks for all your points.
Thanks for your interest.
- Free account is for anyone who wants a simple but quick validation. With no ads, it still works better than Launchrock. With a time limit, I hope people will start paying once they see the value of the product.
- Paid account is for people who want a more customized look and are little more serious about their ideas. It is still 5-6 times cheaper than Unbounce.
- When I feel it makes sense, I will have premium accounts for people who just want to get the complete setup done for them (sort of consulting service element to it)
3 month free with the only upgrade being 45$/6 month is a total turn-off for me. To me, it seems there really is only one plan called "45$/6month, get 3 months free when you signup".
There will be no "powered by lauchvalue" ad in there. Plus, I tried launch rock myself first and did not have a good overall experience, there were too many settings and ___domain redirection turned out unnecessarily complicated. It could be just me but I think there's a need for quick and simple app that does not overcomplicate things, just gets the work done. Plus, I have few other ideas to differentiate it.
